Entry 13: Paris!

Life has gone through a 360 degree turn over when 敏敏 arrived in Munich.

My quality of life has increased at least by 10 folds

2 Veg Dishes + 1 Soup + Rice (^o^)V

Overjoy in front of the big X'mas tree at Marien Platz

Paris seems to have a magical effect on ladys, I guess. Just as we surfaced from the underground train station, 敏敏 already commented that, “Oh, this is such romantic city, I love it”

The Romantic Streets

The Handsome Prince (-_- )V

The Princess complaining that it is too warm inside and too cold outside (-_-")

Day 1: Arc De Triomphe

Day 01: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Day 01: Eiffel Tower

Night Scene of Paris from Eiffel Tower

Is this Earth?

Day 02: Disneyland Paris

Goofy & Mini!

Day 03: Train Station Concorde

Day 03: Musee du Louvre

Enterance to the Louvre

Forgot the name but it is famous...

I just like this statue

One of my favourite

A band in the sub-way on our way back @_@

Entry 12: Addicted, ADDICTED, ADDICTED!!!

Ah... The addiction comes about when I am researching on the paper regarding Playstation III for my MBA module. It started as a side adversitisement on the Console Page when I was looking up informtaion on PS 3's processing power. Innocently, I clicked on the side link which carries the magic slogen, "Free to Play" (I hate the marketing people).

And I found...

Rappelz

And the moment I looked at its artwork, interface, graphics, and the story line... I know that I am going to get stuck on this. I know I have to click on that tiny red cross on the top right hand corner of my Internet Explorer... But I... JUST CAN'T...

"I will just take a look at the movies. A break of 5 minutes. And I will go.", I said to myself.

Episode - Rappelz's Official Trailer

Episode - Prelude of Chaos

Episode - Rappelz Playing

5 minutes later...

"I AM GONE!!! I WANT TO PLAY THIS!!! ok I will just download the game client and try it."

3 Days later...

I am a Lv. 32 Gaia Mage named AutumnSoul with Lv. 10 Fire Storm and a pet.

And a side note to add, I found Dilbert's author's blog. It is as hilarious, if not more than Dilbert the comic strip!

PS: This is an interesting post of his.

Entry 11: Women are Scientific

Women are scientific.

Life has been normal. Swimming and jumping off the spring board have become my hobby as internet has continued to be a pain in the a**.

So far I have got 2 job offers from Siemens: The power and generation unit and the VDO automotive purchasing department. I have an interview schedule on 11th Dec, a day before min min arrives.

Study is more fun than ever. My tutor has accepted my proposal on the final project study, “The Impact of Playstation 3 as a New Innovation on Sony’s 5 Years Strategy Plan” (Ha ha, license to study PS3). Excitement aside, the more I read on the machine and its games, the more I want one.

Anyway, before this entry becomes boring, I should propose my new theory on Woman, “Women are Scientific”

The prove came when I was chatting with some girls in the canteen on man’s view on love. Half an hour into the conversation, I realized women are really scientific! It seems that the spirit of scientific study is embedded in them since birth or may be developed in their puberty. If you agree with them, they will ask, “Why?” and if you disagree, they will ask, “Why?”

The spirit of science, “Question everything.”

And now let's take a look @ how science try to save "man"kind~ =P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCwKbUVyHLY

Entry 10: Schnee in Muenchen!

Snow Snow Snow!

It is already winter already in Munich and “Wah!” for the first time in my life I saw snow falling from the sky and covered the ground in white!

Excitement aside, it is freaking cold out there. I have to put on like a few layers of clothes just to step outside to throw rubbish!

Anyway, after several attempts and 敏敏’s patient guidance, I finally manage to cook myself a decent bowl of 红豆汤 with 汤圆！The secret to success is that you must soak the beans overnight and then boil it in 文火. Oh man, I am so proud of myself~

In preparation of 敏敏’s arrival, I am going to the pool for a 30 lap swim to keep my body in shape. But at the current progress, it is obvious that my slight outward concave stomach will no be able to split into what is well-known as six packs.

Personally, I prefer them to be 一团和气。
和气生财嘛！
o(-_-)o 汗颜~

As for December, 敏敏 and I will be going to Paris on 16-18th Dec, Vienna and Salzburg on 23-26th Dec, and Italy on 30-3rd Jan. So, 大哥大姐们 if you have any good tips on these places, please leave 小弟 a comment. 大N大德, 只好以红豆汤报答了~

Some photos taken on the way to Neuschwanstein

Taken on the way to Fussen. Kissing?

Taken on the bus. Neuschwanstein!!

About to enter Neuschwanstein

Inside Neuschwanstein u-(^_^)-u

10 minutes from the enterance, Marian Bridge, the perfect spot to capture the whole Neischwanstein.

Entry 09: 有感而发

Reading an online novel, I remember the moment when I confess to 敏敏. It is so scary, so out of control but it also has this eruption like excitment and happiness in it. It is like time has suddenly slowly down, yet everything is happening so fast.

It is as if, my soul has been pull out of my body and I am witnessing something~

石青璇柔声道：“明白一点儿！听子陵的语气，谷外仍有你舍割不下的人事，对吗？”
徐子陵叹道：“我想坦白说出我的心事，只希望青璇不会怪责。”
石青璇娇躯微颤道：“人家怎会怪责徐子陵呢？只是怕自己受不了，青璇习惯孤独的生活，从没想过改变，你也明白吗？”
徐子陵心头一阵激动，往她靠近，自然而然的贴靠她香肩，感觉到她的血脉在肌肤下的跃动，再没法控制缺堤般的心潮，迎上她迷网的目光，沉声道：“既是如此，为何告诉我小谷所在处？从那天开始，幽林小谷成为我心内最神秘最美丽的处所。我虽在谷外的红尘打滚胡混，却从没有一刻不记挂着小谷。今天终于来啦！还在这里和青璇分享小谷的秘密。青璇是否须负起部份责任？”
石青璇微一错愕，接着双目透出笑意，横他一眼道：“好吧！大家直话直说，你只分享了小谷部份的秘密，另一部份还在那里！”说话时探出玉手，纤指指向瀑布上老树盘错处。 她没有挪移娇躯逃避与他的触碰，已使他整颗心灼热起来，引发暖流遍走全身，融融曳曳的不知身在何处，羽化登仙不外如是，体念至此不由勇气陡增。 他非是没有和其他女性有过亲密接触，例如沈洛雁或商秀珣，可是从没有一刻像日下的轻轻触碰更令他心动神颤。
循她指示瞧上去，欣然道：“青璇准备和我分享吗？” 在他灼热迫人的目光下，石青璇先白他深情万种的一眼，然后垂下臻首，显露天鹅般线条优美的雪白脖子，轻柔的道：“你不是有心事要说吗？先说出来听听？”
徐子陵冲口而出道：“不怕受不了吗？” 石青璇容色回复平静，凝望水瀑出处，淡然自若道：“你要人家负责任嘛！青璇只好负责任给你徐子陵看。”
徐子陵一字一字的缓缓道：“我不但要分享小谷的秘密，还要分享青璇小姐心中的奥秘，弄清楚为何青璇小姐可吹奏出这么感人肺肺的箫音？”
石青璇软弱地往他靠倚，轻叹道：“这好像不是你原先想说的东西，对吗？”
徐子陵坦然道：“确不是我原先准备说的。不过并不打紧，我现在糊涂至六神无主，只晓得挑最想说的话向你倾诉。我忽感到无论向你说甚么，青璇都不会真的怪我。”
石青璇“噗痴”娇笑，站直娇躯，白他一眼道：“说吧！快说！看我可忍受至甚么程度。”
徐子陵移转身体，变得脸向着她，深情的道：“我想脸向着脸的坦诚向青璇说。”
石青璇没有依他之言，如花玉容现出苦恼的表情，轻轻道：“徐子陵啊！勿要迫人太甚好吗？”

徐子陵感到正为自己的幸福努力争取，一切来得如此发自真心，情不自禁，浑然天成，从没有一刻，他有如此强烈的感觉，不肯错过得到幸福的机会。他缓慢却坚定的道：“因为我若不把话说出来，可能永远失却说这话的机会。青璇是否准备迁离幽谷？”

This is so similar to the situation when i confessed. I am going to Germany for a year. I know she is the woman I have need looking for all these years. I want to be with her. And at that moment, my heart and my instinct decided to fight aginst all the logical barrier I erected. Because I "感到正为自己的幸福努力争取，一切来得如此发自真心，情不自禁，浑然天成，从没有一刻，他有如此强烈的感觉，不肯错过得到幸福的机会。"

I love you, 敏
May be you are the only who can understand this entry but still I want to post it here to tell you, I am missing you very much.

现在是他争取她的最后机会，假如他轻轻错过，会变成永远的遗憾。 徐子陵不但没有放手，反抓得更紧，深深望进她的眸子里，坚决摇头道：“徐子陵是不会放手的，除非石青璇告诉他要躲到那里去。”

Special Dedication to my Dear~

To 敏敏:

From Danny.

Entry 08: 一波三折 Part II: 祸从天降！

祸 No. 1
It was a sunny Friday morning before my trip to the Alpine on Saturday. After an interesting lecture on Finite Element Method, my lecturer announced that the date of my mid term exam – 21st Dec, 2006.

Faint~

It falls exactly on my trip to Salzburg!

With an exchange student's mindset, I summoned up the courage to ask if it is possible to change the date of the exam in Deutsch. Well, although he is willing to change the date (In Germany, student can even request the lecture to change the lecture timing due to time table crush), he would not have the time to teach all the material that he wanted test us on. So I ask the most daring question I have ever asked in my life,
“How much % will I lost if I absent myself for the mid-term test?”
“Well, in TUM, if you don’t pass the mid-term, you won’t be allowed to take the final exam.”
无语~

祸 No. 2
After the lesson, I received a phone call from the hospital. I am asked to go to have a blood test because my roommate who has fallen sick last month had caught Hepatitis E; and they suspect that I can become a carrier although I am still healthy.

BOMB~~~!!

For a moment, my mind re-lived the moment when Hiroshima was bombed.
And so, I have now an appointment to the contiguous disease center on Monday and need to re-plan my traveling trips.

祸 No. 3
Hoping to change my mood, I decided to go for a hair cut. To my surprise, in Germany you need an appointment with the salon to get your hair cut even if the shop is basically empty.

晕！

Well, after trying out 3 shops, finally one nice hair dresser decided to cut my hair. With my limited Deutsch, I tell him to make my hair Kurz (Short). I guess a picture tells a thousand word.

Before V(^_^)V

After m(T_T)m

祸 No More~
Saturday has come and I went up Alpine the second time. Although we actually took the same route up as we had during the Summer University, I visited the Young Hostel on Alpine and also the swimming pool and had a nice, darling “Sonnebadden”.

Why darling? Because, it is their custom to go in totally naked (no towels) into the same room, boys and girls alike~

None the least, I made the best out of it as this time, I stayed on the peak for an hour admiring the misty Alpine. It is super!!

Like the old saying goes, the rainbow will appear after the rain. It surely does and it comes in the form of a cheaper monthly ticket!

Well, it does not come easy to get that cheaper card. The situation is that since I am going to Garching for school which is on outskirt of Munich, I am to paid 61 Euro a month. But there is actually a cheaper and legal to travel; that is to get a monthly card that cost 29 Euro and extend its range by a “Green Card” which cost 22 Euro. Of course, this legal gap can’t be exploited easily with the rigid German. So after 3 attempts in making excuses to fool the German administrator in allowing me to get the “Green Card” with a monthly card that cost 22 Euro, I GOT IT~~!!
HAHA so from now on, I can save 10 Euro per months!! WOW~

Entry 07: 一波三折 + 勇字当头 ！ (Scroll to the end for a good laugh)

一个字，啊~！

This week marks the beginning of the winter semester in TUM.

Nonetheless, the mechanical department of TUM is simply impressive. It is of no surprise for TUM has just been honored as the best technical university in Germany and second best university in Germany.

Fascination about their facilities and laboratory aside, I am caught by a total surprise on the depth of materials covered in their lectures. Making matter worse is that the core modules here are taught in German, a language I learn for 3 months. From a normal person point of view, one can usually understand 50% of what is taught in a lv 3 lecture. And if I factor myself and the language into the equation that I can only understand 10% of what the lecturer spoke in German, it would mean that I can only understand 5% of what is taught in lecture.

To put it simple and straight, I am screwed! If I were to self-study so that I can pass these modules, it would defeats the purpose of me coming to Munich to experience a different education system. it would be equivalent to me holding one stack of lecture notes written in German and study them in Singapore! And worse, since I am self studying the core modules, I may not be able to grasp the principle well and these modules are crucial to an engineering (that is why they are called core-modules). So the price to pay if I were to force myself and self study through the winter semester, I will waste the experience and opportunity here and has a weak foundation for the crucial core modules. The good thing is that I can granduate on time but without my minor in business administration. If I were to make full use of my opportunity of studying aboard, I would take up modules that are taught in English. That way I can experience the education culture and learn something out of it. The draw back is that I will have to do the core modules in Singapore. Yes, I will understand the core modules better this way but it would also mean an extension of my granduation.

To justified the extension, I am looking into the possibility of doing a double degree course with BBA (Business Administration). It is a 5 year course and that allows me to spread my work load, do my core modules in Singapore and most importantly enjoy the wide range of English module here like Satellite Imaging, Magnetic Imaging and other business modules. This seems to be the perfect solution and then I found out that this double degree program is open only to the AY 2006/2007 batch.

And as Danny always do, I am going to appeal and make it happen. As a back up plan, I am considering doing my FYP over 3 semesters since I have to start FYP in semester 1 by right. That would mean that I am extending my granduation by one semester but it allows me to complete my minor in business.

Hai~一波三折! But I will not give up 的！

I still remember when I first take up this Siemens scholarship, I tell myself勇字当头 ！ Chiong ah~~ When there is a will, there is a way!!

The worry-some thing aside, let's have a good laugh at the crazy photos I took in NUS~

That's YOU, my dear~

Pls don't kill me dear~

Entry 06: Nobel Peace Prize -Attack the causes of poverty and you remove the roots of conflict?

I was reading the news recently and an article caught my eyes. “Nobel prize links poverty reduction to peace”

The report pointed that instead of using “conflict resolution” as the awarding criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel committee “is increasingly taking the fight to the fundamental reasons for which war is waged”.

"Peace is not just the absence of war but also the absence of reasons for having a war. The committee has been good at updating its concept of peace," Lodgaard said.

I would agree on that the Nobel Prize should go to the person who made the most influential effort on eradicating the reasons for having war. However, I am surprised by what the head of the Nobel committee said later,
"Lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty.” head of the Nobel Committee, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, said.

Although it is a negative statement on lasting peace, I think that Mr. Mjoes has over simplified the “reasons for having war”. War, in my opinion, is a large scaled, “politically-justified” act of robbery. I do not agree that poverty is the “root-reason” for having war. Fundamentally, I think it is greed, hatred and lack of 抱容that drives all war. Poverty can be one of reasons that drive greed and hatred into people but it is definitely not the “root-reason” of having war.

If the focus of the committee is shifting towards the core fundamental driving force of war, then I think that the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to educators working in third world countries whom instill positive moral values into the people living in poverty. I would agree that such educational work may not be as influential as the work of Mr. Muhammad Yunus’s micro-credit scheme which benefits millions in Bangladeshi. However, I believe that such educational work has a longer lasting effect and its influence is subtle but fundamental to the upholding of peace. To “cure” the world from war, I believe the best method is to teach people how to face loses and view reality positively. It is difficult and almost impossible to change the environment as there are simply too many factors affecting it that are out of your control. The best way, I believe, is to equip yourself with a positive attitude. For example, if you cannot swim, one way of preventing you from drowning is to put you on land. But as unpredictable as life always is, sometimes in your life you are forced to get on a boat or go out at sea and you may drown. Hence, the best way to prevent you from drowning is to teach you to swim! So in order to prevent people from being driven by their greed and hatred, the best way is to teach them to see reality positively and be accommodating to others; upholding your right but at the same not to invade into other people’s right.

Of course, instilling these positive attitudes into others is not as easy as teaching them how to swim. As such, in order to not let the war-zone-educator’s efforts go unnoticed and undermined, I dedicated my time to write this and although I cannot give you wonderful people a Nobel Price, I would prey for you.

To all the educators out there: You guys and gals are GREAT!

Entry 05: End of Summer Uni

It has already been one month since I arrived in Munich. The TUM summer university program had finished and soon, my winter semester will begin. During this one month, I made many good friends from many countries. Braberka, Nitin, Balargi from India, Paul and Julia from Belgium, Kenny from the USA, A.J. and the twins from Korea, Yi Pin, Kelvin, Deen and Mr. C from Singapore.

Summer University Group Photo

If not for you guys and gals, the course will just be dead and dry. Thanks for adding colours to my early Munich experience!
Time really flies. Looking back I have visited so many places, I visited the 3 campus of TUM, cycled along the Isar River, visited the Deutsch Museum, the Herrenchiemess Castle, the Audi Museum, The Alps…

The Slide @ TUM Garching. 4 Floors high. In and out in ein sekunde!

Getting in... 00:00:00

And out. 00:00:01

Where am I? (-_- )L

The Pope @ Marinan Platz

When I am single...

When I am attached...

When I am married...

When I am a father...

When I retired...

When you are in Munich...

When you are drank...

When you first learn to cook...

When you are done with studying...

And you look back to find that you have made the friends of your life.

Thanks for the wonderful time

Paul

Balagi

Nitin

Barbalaka

Tusar

DJ

Now that you guys (and gals) have moved to Sudentenstasse, I can only wish our friendship would stretch forever.

Mr. C, although for some unknown reason, we have not been able to become friends, you are not a bad person. I wish I have found out why but we will definitely meet one another since we are taking the same course. I hope we give each other another chance. After all, we are in a foreign land and we should look after one another.

Hai, so sentimental now~ this is those time when time seems to get stuck on its track. 2 more months, and I can finally see my girl friend again. Girl, I miss you so much! I promise you that I will not go so far away from you any more.

This trip has make me realized how important you are in my heart. I have never miss a person so much, not even when I was attached in the army, digging trenches or dragging myself up a mountain or cross a swamp. I miss you.

You asked me if the girls in Munich are beautiful. They are. But none of them are as beautiful as you in my heart. Ich Liebe Dich. I love you.

Ich Liebe Dich